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not set the world on fire

to not be very exciting or successful. The restaurant offers a decent menu, but it wouldn't set the world on fire.

See also: fire, set, world

set the world on fire

to be very exciting or successful. The new video game format set the world on fire with huge sales at Christmas.

See also: fire, set, world

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A Pygmy, you know, though so very small, might set the world on fire, just as easily as a Giant could; so that this was certainly the very best way of dealing with their foe, provided they could have kept him quiet while the conflagration was going forward. Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context More results

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